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sky shark
Jun 9, 2004

CHILD RAPE IS FINE WHEN I LIKE THE RAPIST
Aliens
Predator
John Wick
Dredd
The Raid

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Grendels Dad
Mar 5, 2011

Popular culture has passed you by.
Conan, you assholes.

Trebek
Mar 7, 2002
College Slice
It is the GOAT. Die Hard is a really close second

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
die hard gets to be the best ever christmas film

haljordan
Oct 22, 2004

the corpse of god is love.






I connected with Ellis' coping strategy of just being super coked up the whole time in that movie.

ziasquinn
Jan 1, 2006

Fallen Rib

Seizure Meat
Jul 23, 2008

by Smythe

Grendels Dad posted:

Conan, you assholes.

you'd think so, but I watched it recently and it's kinda plodding in spots

top 5 in the fantasy genre though

Grendels Dad
Mar 5, 2011

Popular culture has passed you by.

VikingSkull posted:

you'd think so, but I watched it recently and it's kinda plodding in spots

top 5 in the fantasy genre though

Sounds fair. I was hesitant to even bring it up because the action in Conan doesn't seem that comparable to action in his other movies. But still, Conan deserves to be in some sort of top 5. He'd bite Gollum's head right off.

Tolkien minority
Feb 14, 2012


how did not a single one of you put last boyscout in ur top 5s. for shame

Shaggar
Apr 26, 2006
terminator 2, imo, op.

Seizure Meat
Jul 23, 2008

by Smythe

Shaggar posted:

terminator 2, imo, op.

the first one clowns it badly

it's really good though

bongwizzard
May 19, 2005

Then one day I meet a man,
He came to me and said,
"Hard work good and hard work fine,
but first take care of head"
Grimey Drawer

Grendels Dad posted:

Conan, you assholes.

I strongly agree that Conan rules, but it is more of an "epic hero's journy" and less the pure asskicking that is Predator.

Seizure Meat
Jul 23, 2008

by Smythe

bongwizzard posted:

I strongly agree that Conan rules, but it is more of an "epic hero's journy" and less the pure asskicking that is Predator.

I mean, this is the key thing

there's a lot of really badass action movies, we can all agree to that

but the rear end kicking starts almost immediately in Predator and it never lets up until the end, and it somehow also doesn't get boring at all

Fury Road is comparable, but I've watched it a few times now and it just doesn't hold up to repeated viewings like Predator does, it's too dense somehow and almost tiring

Predator is nearly a perfect film

bongwizzard
May 19, 2005

Then one day I meet a man,
He came to me and said,
"Hard work good and hard work fine,
but first take care of head"
Grimey Drawer
I bet every 15 seconds of Predator could be made into a cool gif.

Seizure Meat
Jul 23, 2008

by Smythe

bongwizzard posted:

I bet every 15 seconds of Predator could be made into a cool gif.

:agreed:

rotinaj
Sep 5, 2008

Fun Shoe
I was all set to try and argue with this thread, but honestly, Predator is pretty fuckin' rad as hell. Peak Arnold.

Though I feel the entire finale sequence of Commando bumps the whole movie up to be in the argument, the first half isn't as good as Predator's first half.

Commando, Predator, and Running Man are all rad as gently caress and should be required watching for anyone who thinks action movies are peaking with movies starring the Rock. :colbert:

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Seizure Meat
Jul 23, 2008

by Smythe

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